Sarah Kilborne
Writer, Editor, Translator and Historian

THE UNEXPECTED HOUR: The Story of William Skinner and the Rise of American Industry in the 19th Century
Walker, 2010

Sarah Kilborne has worked for, among others, Knopf, Random House, Scholastic, and Farrar, Straus & Giroux. She has been a fellow at the Five College Women's Studies Research Center at Mount Holyoke College, a writer-in-residence at American International College, and a panelist and reader at numerous conferences and venues. Her translations include works by Marcel Duchamp, Jean Clair, Robert Lebel, and André Gervais. She is the author of two children's books: Peach & Blue, (Knopf, 1994) and Leaving Vietnam: The True Story of Tuan Ngo, A Boat Boy (Aladdin, 1998). Peach & Blue was the 2001 Book of the Year for the State of South Carolina Science Teachers Association. Leaving Vietnam was chosen by The Los Angeles Times as one of the best books for children on the Vietnam War. She's a graduate of Yale University, where she earned a degree in philosophy, with honors. Her forthcoming project, The Unexpected Hour, explores the consequences of the industrial revolution through the story of her great-great grandfather, silk manufacturer William Skinner, and the industrial disaster that defined him. Ms. Kilborne lives in New York City, where she receives a daily dose of levity from her family, two-legged and four-legged members alike.